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In his memoir, A Childhood: The Biography of a Place (1978), American author Harry Crews chronicles the first six years of his life growing up in rural Georgia during the Great Depression. Harry's early years are marked by poverty, the death of his father, his mother's remarriage to a violent man, battles with polio, severe burns from a hog-killing accident, and the harsh realities of rural life, all seen through Crews' vivid, often painful recollections. The book contains depictions of physical disability, domestic violence, and graphic descriptions of injuries.